Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Venkateshapura Lake

ಸಂಪಿಗೆಹಳ್ಳಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Sampigehalli Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Sampigehalli ward, Bengaluru North

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Size
19.5 acresAbout 11 football pitches
Rank by size
469th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
5% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1954, 1956 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.

  1. 1927

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water until 2017

    Water in 8% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 22% is new water

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  5. 1986

    Listed among green belt tanks by the Lakshman Rau committee

    Printed as Venkateshapura tank, tank 380

    2.8 ha, as printed in the 1986 report

    Among the tanks between Bellary Road and Madras Road, Bangalore North taluk

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  6. 2010

    Restored

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  7. 2011

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  8. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years

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  9. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Clean, 8.10 acres surveyed

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  10. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

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  11. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 22% open water
    • 10% floating weed
    • 68% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 38% open water
    • 2% floating weed
    • 60% dry or built
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How big it is

The records disagree on its size, so each measure is shown.

Drawn outline
19.5 acres

About 11 football pitches

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Land records
4.00 acres

About 2.3 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
8.10 acres

About 4.6 football pitches

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End to end
498 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 m
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Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
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How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Clean
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What pollutes it, 2018

Cattle wading

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
2 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-15Inlet28.77.2574408123.10.24815.40.114110
2017-11-15Outlet267.2574418110116.22.211226.90.114900
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
5%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Dumped in it

Garbage dump

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Other problems noted

RTC-Sy no 12, about 6.23a-g & insy no 37 about 11.29 a-g for Arkavathi Badavane has been finally notified by BDA

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

41% crops, 39% built, 7% trees, 5% grass, 4% shrubs, 3% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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City work on the lake
To be developed
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City zone
Yelahanka
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City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Campaign pages
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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Rachenahalli Lake

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Catchment
0.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Fishing and cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Rachenahalli 10MLD Sewage Treatment Planet

1.8 km away, treats 10 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
121 species

Most seen: Red-wattled Lapwing, Black Kite, Ashy Prinia, Indian Pond-Heron and Western Swamphen.

4,055 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
123 species

4,057 records, 2016 to 2026

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
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Photographed on iNaturalist
42 times

28 species, 25 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Grey Heron, Mysore Round-eyed Gecko, Yellow-wattled Lapwing, Common Sandpiper and Indian Spot-billed Duck.

Last seen Aug 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, agriculture, apartment & quarry land

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 20
Sampigehalli

ಸಂಪಿಗೆಹಳ್ಳಿ

Bengaluru North corporation, Byatarayanapura assembly seat

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Village
Venkateshpura

Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

12 (Venkateshapura), 37 (Sampigehalli)

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Height above sea level
918 m
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Coordinates

13.0782° N, 77.6232° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
60
2018 lake survey
BUBNYHvkp_kr1-331
Lake Development Authority
LDA461
KGIS tank map
815
City lake monitoring site
64